Title: The ARK Angels of DX: Simone and the Curse of the Firstborn
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Shawn, Cameron and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Trish Stratus, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Simone Alexandra Johnson, Dany Johnson, Melina and Johnny 'Nitro' Hennigan, Randy Orton, Carlito, Edge, Ric Flair, Batista, Torrie Wilson, the Hardyz, Shelton Benjamin, Maria, John Cena, Rey, Dominic and Aaliyah Mysterio, Vickie, Shaul and Sherilyn Guerrero, LAX and the Kliq.
Summary: Randy Orton RKOs some of the WWE Superstars including Ric Flair but he doesn't remember doing it. The Amazing Cameron says it has to do with The Rock's baby girl Simone Alexander and her new red dress, find out how in the with The ARK Angels of DX.
Chapter Three – The Writing's On the Wall
Johnny and Melina's house, Santa Monica Boulevard, CA, 6am:
The Michaels' weren't the only ones who couldn't sleep last night, on the West Coast Melina's head hadn't touched the pillow since she returned to California with Johnny. The horror of what happened to Trish Stratus and herself at the hospital in Sacramento was still shaking her up, even her restored trust and faith in her husband couldn't get the memory of that brutal RKO on Trish out of her mind. She couldn't understand why after everything she had been through with Randy he would do such a thing to one of her best friends in the whole world. Johnny had an idea why and they were still debating it in the wee hours of the morning.
"He did it because he's still in love with you baby, the guy's sick he needs help not even the Holy Ghost can help him now," Johnny said from their bed while Melina stared through their bedroom window watching the sun rise drinking bottled water.
"Don't say that!" Melina said her head snapping around at Johnny's statement.
"Come on baby you've done all you can for this guy and he's still an asshole!" Johnny said.
"What have I done for him?" Melina asked Johnny and her husband's mouth dropped in disbelief.
"Melina there isn't time to describe how much you've done for him; you've prayed for him, you've healed him, you were even there when Shawn baptized him, don't you remember anything from the last year?" Johnny asked her confused.
"What that me, Trish and Lita formed an angelic trio called ATM and I could heal people and bring them back from the dead? That's crazy papi!" Melina responded.
"No Melina it's not crazy you, Trish and Amy were an angelic trio known as ATM, you did all that stuff and much, much more!" Johnny argued.
"Well if I did how come I don't remember anything?" Melina asked defiantly her hands on her hips.
"Because your assignment ended," Johnny replied, "You cried when you found out God wasn't going to use you anymore, you really don't remember?" he asked again incredulously and Melina shook her head, "Well how come Lita remembers?"
Melina shrugged rubbing her pregnant stomach that was growing rounder as the days went by, "Lita has changed," she thought reflecting on her pregnant red-headed friend, "But she's carrying HBK's baby she's obviously having a bout of hysterical pregnancy, I mean what girl wouldn't be changed after having sex with the Heartbreak Kid every night? The Gospel is probably foreplay to her now; no wonder she thinks she has Divine powers from God,"
Johnny fell back onto the bed in exhaustion, "What's Shawn and Lita's sex life got to do with any of this?" he said squeezing his eyes together in frustration, "They weren't even together when Randy was being tormented by that demon, Mel everything that Lita said on the way back from the hospital was true she wasn't making any of it up and I'm gonna prove it to you,"
"And how are you going to do that?" Melina asked skeptically coming over to her husband and slowly sitting down beside him and taking a deep breath.
"We're going to Smackdown with Rey and Vicky, then we'll talk to the people who know Orton best his old Evolution buddy's Ric Flair and Batista," Nitro answered stroking Melina's arm lovingly, "They'll tell you what went down in Washington when those 3 bitches I mean witches pretended to be you, Trish and Lita so they could blackmail you with murder and how he forged you a fake passport and bank details so you could escape the police,"
"What! When was this?" Melina asked in shock.
"Just before No Way Out, the President was involved it was all over the news," Johnny explained, "You even went to Iraq and Trish found the Weapons of Mass Destruction, look I saved the paper from the next day see!" Nitro said showing her the cover of USA Today where Melina, Lita and Trish were standing next to the President in Mexican, American and Canadian sashes. Melina couldn't believe her eyes.
"Oh my gosh I'm Miss. Mexico 2007!" she gasped but she was much more than that, according to the article she was an honorary Ambassador of Mexico, "Oh my gosh The President gave me a plaque!" she said in disbelief and looked around for it getting off the bed and going downstairs to the living room to see if it was there, "Where is it?" she wondered holding the article in her hand and Johnny pointed to the plaque which he put up on the wall over the fireplace. Melina gasped and walked over to it and took it down to read the inscription:
To Melina Perez, for being a soldier of Christ in the War Against Terror it read and it was signed by the President of the United States. Melina wiped a tear from her eye then she saw the medal resting on the fireplace and picked it up, it was a medal of valor and it stated that she was indeed an honorary Ambassador of Mexico.
"I can't believe it Johnny!" she said to her husband who kissed her and wiped the tears from her big brown eyes, "all that stuff really did happen!"
Johnny nodded, "I told you babe you're Miraculous!" he said proudly and kissed her on the cheek again.
"Maybe the reason Lita still has her power is because she hasn't lost her faith in God," Melina realized.
"What are you saying honey you wanna go to church?" Johnny asked caressing her lovingly as she smiled at her awards from the leaders of the free world.
"Since I'm off the roster maybe now I should use my free time to go on one of those miracle crusades," Melina said and Johnny raised his eyebrow enthusiastically.
"You mean like Benny Hinn?" he said.
"Yeah, I'll tell God that I want him to use me to heal people again and then if he restores my miraculous healing powers I'll go all around the world healing people from here to Venezuela!" Melina said excitedly but Johnny didn't think it was such a good idea.
"Honey it takes years of service in the church to be a healing preacher like Benny Hinn, maybe you should start off small and just heal people right here in America," Johnny suggested and Melina nodded.
"Okay," she said, "plus I kinda promised Maria that I'd help her get ready for her and John Cena's first baby since Cena's gonna be on the road,"
"It'll be good for you and Maria to have company while me and Cena are on tour, Lita's got her hands full with Cameron and Cheyenne and Trish well, you know," Johnny said and Melina nodded.
"Yes thanks for reminding me why I have to call my boys LAX, the Legend Killer needs a Gringo Killer for what he did to my girl Trish!" Melina said in a burst of Latina Heat.
"Calm down mami, you're a soldier of Christ and the Prince of Peace doesn't approve of revenge," Johnny reminded her.
"Tell me where in the Bible it says a man should put his hands on a woman?" Melina said her Latina Heat firing up again.
"Jesus said to turn the other cheek," Johnny said quoting Luke 6:29.
"Johnny if God created ATM to protect his children from evil doesn't that mean He wants me to protect my sister in Christ? I have to do something and according to you I've tried everything but violence, maybe Randy needs to have his ass kicked I haven't tried that yet it might do the trick!" Melina said unwisely and Johnny hushed her.
"God said you can't judge those you heal, Orton maybe going straight to Hell but it is not your job to make sure he goes there, it's your job to make sure he doesn't go there. What you have to do is find out what's going on with the Legend Killer, why did he RKO Trish, figure it out mami and leave Homicide and Hernandez out of it okay?" Johnny asked desperate that his wife not have their first baby in jail.
"Okay fine I'll wait on the Lord to instruct me and I'll talk to Lita and Shawn and those adorable kids of theirs," Melina said and Johnny gave a sigh of relief, "but remember what Jesus said to the High Priest in John 18 after the guard slapped his face, he didn't turn the other cheek Johnny he asked what he had done wrong. If someone doesn't stand up to Randy Orton he's gonna hurt somebody else, I need to find out what Trish did wrong before he strikes again,"
Johnny thought about it and decided that his wife was right; in the space of 24 hours Randy had RKO'd three people – Trish, Ric Flair and himself, if Melina didn't find out what was going on with Randy this time, another WWE Superstar could be in a coma before the end of the day.
"Come on sweetie I'll make you some breakfast before we leave for San Diego," Johnny said escorting his pregnant wife into the kitchen wondering if he was gonna have the chance to cook for her again if she went on a healing crusade with Maria pregnant and all. He missed her already.
Ric Flair's house, Charlotte, NC, 7am:
Ric Flair stroked his chin looking out the window over his beautiful hometown Charlotte, North Carolina trying to take in what Jeff Hardy has told him last night.
Jeff Hardy came in from his guest bedroom his green eyes squinted shut, Ashley hung from his waist and Layla and Kelly Kelly stirred in the couch in Flair's room that they had fallen asleep on last night refusing to share a bedroom with Matt Striker and Big Daddy V.
"You're saying the whole of Falls Lake turned into blood?" Ric asked Jeff in disbelief and the IC Champ nodded rubbing the remnants of sleep from his eyes.
"It was like something out of a horror movie," Ashley Massaro added.
"Yeah it was disgusting," Kelly Kelly added and Layla nodded remembering the sight of the horizon darkening over lake; it was like the blood was sucking the light from what was left of the North Carolina sunshine.
Ric Flair sighed, "I gotta say I've had an uneasy feeling since ATM disbanded," he said and Jeff and Ashley looked at each other.
"ATM disbanded back in March, it's nearly July," Ashley said.
"You've felt uneasy this whole time?" Jeff asked and The Nature Boy turned to face the Rainbow Warrior and his rainbow haired girlfriend with the broken leg.
"Ever since Amy, Trish and Melina went back to normal I've had trouble sleeping. This house just hasn't been the same," Ric explained.
Jeff put his hand on Ric Flair's shoulder gently seeing that Flair was disturbed by what he had told him about Falls Lake, "Why didn't you say anything, I live just down the road?" he asked concerned noticing how sad Ric Flair looked as if a bad memory was coming back to him.
"I don't know Jeff I didn't want to bother you, you've got so much going on right now – you're the Intercontinental Champion you're dating Ashley, plus I only really talk to DX when stuff is really plaguing me and this is something I can't tell those two," Flair explained.
"So you haven't talked to Shawn and Hunter about these sleepless nights you've been having?" Jeff asked and Ric shook his head, "Why not?" Jeff asked confused, "I thought you said you talked to them about anything?"
Ric shook his head again, "Not about this, it involves someone DX and Evolution have had issues with in the past," he explained.
There was only one man that DX and Evolution had issues with in the past that Jeff knew of, "That's Randy Orton right?" Jeff said.
"That's right," Flair replied and Jeff, Ashley and the girls all groaned.
"As if the Legend Killer is not in enough trouble as it is," Jeff Hardy sighed knowing how pissed off the Smackdown locker room was with Randy Orton for RKO-ing Trish and Johnny and dumping Torrie Wilson all on the same night, Jeff thought the whole thing was sad, and judging from the tears welling up in the back of Ric Flair's eyes so did he. Flair's guests didn't know that there was more to the sudden demise of the man they had all watched be born again in Orlando, FL last year and proof of that was in Ric Flair's house. Ric decided it was best that they didn't know and just enjoy their time together until they left for the Smackdown tapings in San Diego later on.
Down the hallway Matt Hardy opened one sleepy mocha brown eye and saw Torrie Wilson sitting on the edge of the amazingly soft bed in Ric Flair's guest bedroom. In the dream he had they had slept together in reality he comforted her while she cried her eyes out over Randy Orton wishing she had never gotten started with him in the first place and there was only one person on the Smackdown roster who didn't want to kick Orton's teeth down his throat for what he did to her and Trish Stratus. Torrie wasn't crying now but she hadn't done herself any favors by leaving the comfort of Matt Hardy's arms.
"Torrie come over here darlin, don't stay up worrying over that no good Legend Killer it ain't gonna do nuthin but ruin your complexion," Matt said with a syrupy morning voice. Torrie turned to look at him her eyes still red from crying, then a small smile appeared as she noticed someone.
"Looks like my spot's already been taken," she replied and Matt noticed a strand of curly blond hair on his shoulder, he turned and to his absolute revulsion he saw Edge smiling back at him.
"ARGHH!" Matt Hardy screamed and he started throwing the pillows at the Rated R Superstar causing Torrie Wilson to laugh for the first time in hours, "What are you doing here man?"
"I came to cheer up Torrie: mission accomplished," Edge said noticing the pearly white smile of the Boise beauty brightening up the colonial North Carolinian room.
"Thank you Edge now get out!" Matt Hardy said and Edge feigned hurt.
"What's wrong Matt Hardy how come you don't want me around? All I did was steal your girlfriend, turn her into a slut and become a 3-time World Champion!" Edge teased and Matt Hardy threw another pillow at him.
"GET OUT!" Matt Hardy yelled and Jeff wondered in from the Ric Flair's bedroom next door looking very tired.
"Hey man what you all yelling about at 7 in the morning?" Jeff Hardy said rubbing his tired eyes his rainbow-colored hair going in various different directions.
"Whatever it is couldn't it have waited til a more decent hour?" MVP said joining Jeff seconds later his doo-rang off centre and one of his braids were sticking up, he saw Matt Hardy with an angry look on his face and immediately blamed him for whatever was going on, "I would have expected better from my Tag Team partner," he said and Matt Hardy groaned and threw his last pillow at his Tag Team partner.
"Hey man that nearly hit me!" Jeff complained ducking from the pillow.
"Jeff why are you even here you're not even on SD!" Matt asked his little brother.
"You think I wanna go back to RAW after what went down on Monday Night? I don't think so!" his little brother replied.
"Yeah me neither," came the voice of Ashley Massaro.
"Me too!" came the ever lively voice of Kelly Kelly.
"They came with me and they're not even on Smackdown," Jeff said before his brother asked what Layla and Kelly Kelly were doing here, "they're scared of the Legend Killer,"
Jeff and Ashley made ghost noises and Edge rolled his eyes betting that the rest of the RAW roster was on their way over too.
"Everyone's scared of Randy nobody wants to go to the house shows this week," Jeff Hardy explained.
"Everyone's afraid Randy's gonna RKO them during a match or promo!" Ashley added.
"But you guys have got to go back to RAW, DX are running things now they'll suspend Randy Orton for sure after they find out what he did to Ric Flair," Matt Hardy said and Ashley and Jeff looked at V.1 puzzled.
"What did he do to Ric Flair?" Jeff asked.
"He didn't do anything," Edge said in Orton's defense.
"What?" Matt Hardy said indignantly, "Have you got amnesia like Trish and Melina or did you just get even dumber?"
"He didn't do anything to Ric okay Matt just drop it," Edge said impatiently and Jeff, Ashley and Extreme Expose exchanged glances with MVP who made a gesture like Matt Hardy lost his mind.
"I am not crazy, am I Torrie?" Matt Hardy asked the WWE Diva and Edge gave her a look like she better not say anything.
"Why are you protecting him Edge? He deserves to get suspended for what he did to Ric," Torrie said.
"Will somebody please tell us what Randy did to the Nature Boy?" Jeff Hardy asked in exasperation.
"He RKO'd him, now all of you go to sleep!" came the gruff response of Dave Batista and the RAW Superstars ran back to their guest bedrooms and Dave stared a hole into a trembling Rated R Superstar who wished he had left with them, "I don't want you staying here if you're gonna take Orton's side. This is the Nature Boy's house sticking up for Randy Orton is a pretty funny way of giving your condolences," Batista spat angrily.
"Do you know what will happen if those idiots go back to Shawn and Hunter and tell them Randy RKO'd Ric Flair? DX will fire him on the spot and his career will be over!" Edge said passionately but Batista, Torrie and Matt Hardy just shrugged.
"So?" Matt Hardy said.
"Yeah so? He's got no-one to blame but himself," Torrie added resolutely.
"Is that how you felt before or after he dumped you?" Edge said cruelly and Matt Hardy got to his feet and chased Edge out of the room.
"Alright you guys stop, Matt stay with Torrie, Edge you come with me were gonna have a little talk," Big Dave said and Matt closed the door and his arms around an emotional Torrie Wilson.
"Look I know you don't care about Randy but I do, he was my Tag Team partner on RAW and he's been through a lot this year," Edge said as he walked with Batista down the hallway.
"He was my friend too Edge," Batista said calmly sipping on his power smoothie and the two World Champions approached a room.
"Where are we going?" Edge asked not recognizing the room.
"I wanna show you what Ric showed me a few months ago," Batista said walking up to the bedroom door, "This is Randy's room," Batista said his voice calm like the eye of the storm, "We used to all have a room – Hunter, Randy and me. We brought girls back and had a blast; life was good in Evolution,"
"I guess so," Edge said raising his eyebrow at the idea of Hunter with a girl other than Chyna or Stephanie or Shawn who knew Hunter better than both of them.
"I thought you should see something before you go collecting funds for the Poor Randy Foundation," Batista said and he opened the bedroom door. Edge peered inside, the room was huge but the curtains were drawn so he couldn't see anything. Batista opened the curtains and that all changed, Edge saw the most horrific thing since Matt Hardy got his job back.
"Oh my God," he said and Batista nodded as Edge's eyes glanced over the furniture, walls and carpet: everything was smeared in blood and by the door in big bloody letters was written the phrase "The Legend Killer was here."
"I tried to clean it up but the blood won't come off, when Ric saw it he went down to The Sandbox to find out if Randy was okay," Batista explained sadly regretting the whole thing, "And that's when Orton dropped him, Ric hasn't been the same since,"
"Are you sure Randy did this, I mean some stupid wrestler or even a fan could have been playing a prank, Ric must have hundreds of guests here every week!" Edge argued and Batista grinned wagging his finger at Edge knowingly.
"I thought you might say that," he said, "but I asked the police to do a DNA check on the blood to see if it was indeed Orton's blood. The results came back last night,"
"And?" Edge asked earnestly.
"100 percent Legend Killer," Batista replied knowing Randy's blood type from their Evolution days and numerous trips to the hospital room.
Edge sank into his hands, his eyes caught the dried blood on the rug beneath his feet, "Oh Randy, what's happening to you?" he said and ran out of the room and out of the house before Batista could stop him.
"Edge where are you going?" Batista called out of Randy's bedroom window.
"I'm going to find Randy and talk some sense into him," Edge replied.
"I'm gonna tell Shawn and Hunter what he did if he loses his job so be it, it could be the only thing that's gonna wake him up!" Batista called out and Edge scowled at The Animal before getting into his rental car and heading for the airport.
As Edge drove off everybody came out of their rooms wondering what happened then they walked into Randy's room and all questions as to whether Randy Orton was mentally disturbed were quickly answered.
"Ric what are you doing up you should be resting," Batista said as the Nature Boy came towards everyone in the doorway of Randy's room giving Jeff Hardy an apologetic look.
"I thought it was best if you didn't see this," he said sadly, "I was thinking about the good old days, when Hunter, Dave and Randy were all like brothers and we didn't want to kill each other for the World Heavyweight Championship," Ric said as Batista walked him back to his room, "I gotta say though Dave as much as I love you, Shawn and Hunter, Randy was always the one of you guys that I felt had the most potential for greatness, was I wrong?" he said noticing the horror on everyone's faces at how Randy's room had been desecrated.
"Yes Ric you were very wrong, now go back to bed come on, you could do with some sleep," Batista said helping Ric Flair back into bed while everyone watched the former Evolution Tag Team partners wondering if Edge was the only one who hadn't given up on the Legend Killer altogether. One thing was for sure: if DX fired The Legend Killer they wouldn't stand in Shawn and Hunter's way. Some horrific stuff had gone down in North Carolina and as far as the WWE Superstars were concerned the verdict was in and Orton was guilty of all charges against him.